Sue Main idea...always a struggle for my kids as are any kinds of big picture questions. One thing I have found helpful is to help kids consider your purpose for reading a particular text. What is most important in the text is then what suits your purpose as a reader. I think that the idea that there is a single main idea in a text is a fiction...though tests often feed this misunderstanding. That's where teaching test taking as a particular reading genre has benefits... Jennifer _______________________________________________ Mosaic mailing list [email protected] To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/mosaic_literacyworkshop.org.
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